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of Ohio, have invented a new and ImprovedA fastened to end boards or heads by nuts, and

I and use my invention, 1 will proceed to -describe its construction.

longitudinal half-section. i I makea rod of wood', A, with a'groovealong one side to admit a rod of iron, B, both of UNITED STATES f FRANK M. sTEAnNs ,on BEREA, oHio.

MODE OF PAGKING GFUTSTONES;y

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. STEABNS, ot' Berea, in the county of Cuyahoga and State Mode of Packing Grindstones for Shipment; and I do declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters .Oflrefcrence nutrked'thereon.

The-nature of my invention consists in nesting grindstones in the form of a barrel by providing a rod of iron and wood which passesl through the eyes of. the stones and is securely also having strips of wood fastened at inter` vals longitudinally around the-outside of the nest and protected by bands of hoop-ircn at each end, thus securing the stones from shaking about and preventing the liability of their being broken, and still are easily moved 0r rolled for transshipment.

'To enable others skilled in the art to make l Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 isa which are 'made to lit the eyes .ot' the stones and about four feet, and a halt' lin length." `IV whole :firmly together.

make end boards or heads C a triile larger around than the stones, with a hole in the center the same as the stones, and having a strip ,of wood, D, fastened across them and covering thehole, it having a hole largeenough to let the rod B pass through onlyf I place stones ot' the same diameter together, as seen at E E E E, and pass the rods A and B through the eyes thereof, and then place the end boardsor heads one at each end ofthe barrel thus formed. The iron rod being a little the longest passes through the stri p D. Then a nut, anis screwed on each end of the rod B, thus fastening the I then nail the strips ot' wood F F F at each end to the periphery ot' each end board at intervals around the whole, protecting the ends by bands of hoop-iron, thus making a compact and perfectly secure packl age for ishipment, and preventing the liability of the'stones being damaged or broken.

What I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The rods A and B,'in'combination with the end boards or heads, C G, in the manner described, and for the purpose set forth.

FRANK- M. s'rEARNs.

Witnesses GEO, WILLEY, J. E. WILLIAMS. 

